Eros - NEAR

Descent Image of Eros from 700 meters

This image of the surface of main belt asteroid 433 Eros was taken from 700 meters
as NEAR-Shoemaker descended to the surface. The frame is about 33 meters
across. The large rock at lower left is about 7.4 meters across. The
individual rocks and boulders are probably primarily ejecta from impact
craters, amny of the rocks show cracking on their surface. The spacecraft
passed over this rocky region from upper right to lower left as it
descended.
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